Chapter six

Dear daddy,

Percy is going to kill Annabeth's ex boyfriend. I'm going to help. That's all for now.

-Mindy-

Mindy's POV

A tense, awkward silence fills the air as Annabeth shifts into unconsciousness. I exchange worried looks with Dave as Percy clenches his fists so tight his knuckles turn white. As soon as Percy is sure Annabeth is asleep, he calmly breaks out of Dave's grip, walks over to Luke, and punches him in the face as hard as he can.

I roll my eyes as I sigh. "No, Percy, you're doing it all wrong. I thought I taught you how to fucking punch," I say as I walk over to Luke and once again demonstrate the perfect punch. Out of the corner of my eye I catch Dave sprinting over to my dad's old room for some unknown reason. I mentally shrug and kick Luke in the chest as Percy knocks him to the ground with another punch. Luke manages to get back up and tackle Percy, getting on top of him so that he now has the upperhand. He punches Percy multiple times, which only pisses me off even more.

Kicking Luke in the ribs, I manage to get him off of Percy. I tackle him and start punching him as hard as I can. His face becomes red and bloody as I ram my fists into his face. All of a sudden I feel arms around my waist and I feel myself being lifted off of Luke. I scream and kick against the person holding me.

"Calm down, it's me," Dave whispers in my ear as he tightens his grip on me, "Oh, and I'm sorry I have to do this."

"DAVE WHAT THE FUCK?!" I scream as I fight to get Dave off of me. Surprisingly, he doesn't give in and let me go, he only tightens his grip on me and tries to carry me away from Luke, who lies unconscious on the ground, curled up in a protective ball.

I try to break free as Dave drags me over to daddy's old bathroom, where Dave and I had our first kiss. Smiling at the memory, I remember that I'm mad at Dave and start kicking and screaming at the top of my lungs as loud as I can.

"Mindy, shush! The neighbors have probably called the cops by now!" Dave exclaims.

I scoff and reply, "Dave, please. I soundproofed the walls, dumbass."

As we get into the bathroom, Dave shuts the door behind us and locks it. Once he's done that, he releases me and I find myself face to face with Percy, who's handcuffed to the bathtub. I raise an eyebrow and start to say something but Percy cuts me off.

"Don't ask," he says.

I start to laugh but I'm interrupted by the sound of a metal clanging. Facing Dave again, I see a pair of gleaming silver handcuffs in his hands and put two and two together, realizing what he has planned.

Before I can even throw a punch, I feel something prick my leg and see a needle in it; the bastard fucking drugged me. I awkwardly fall to the floor, fading in and out of consciousness. Before the world can fade to black, I feel Dave's lips pressed against mine and hear him speaking before I finally black out. "Sweet dreams, my love."

Annabeth's POV

When I wake up, Luke's blue eyes bore into mine. His hand is cupping my face and he give me a worried glance. I slowly sit up and look around. Dave is pacing in front of the bathroom door with a machine gun in his hands (what the Hades?).

"Dave, can we have a moment alone?" Luke asks.

"Sure, but if your lips touch hers again I will set them" Dave gestures to the door, "free. And I won't stop them this time."

Dave leaves the room and Luke looks at me again.

"Annabeth," he begins. "I miss you. Kissing Thalia was a huge mistake. I guess I was just upset that you were with that Percy dude. I want you back. I love you and I know you still love me." He wraps my legs around his torso and moves his hand up to my face. His blue eyes stare at me with love; pure love. I want to believe it. I want so badly to believe it. Our heads slowly move closer together. I pull back, trying to fight the urge. I remember Percy, I try to think of how Luke kissed Thalia. But it's too late, Luke wraps his arms around my waist and kisses me passionately; desperately. I try to push him off as he runs his hands up my back, under my shirt. "You know you want me back Annabeth," He whispers, pushing me onto the couch so he is on top of me. I kick his knee which causes him to jump back. I quickly sit up and cower back into the couch, afraid that he will try it again. He swears under his breath and says, "I'm sorry Annabeth. I have no idea what's gotten into me. Please text me tomorrow. Promise me you will." I nod and he leaves the warehouse; slamming the door as he leaves.

I hear banging on the bathroom door and Dave comes running into the room, machine gun still in his hands. He slowly opens the door and I laugh as Mindy tackles him as soon as the door opens. She slaps him across the face before kissing him on the lips. I smile at them and yell, "Get a room!" Mindy flips me off, not allowing her lips to leave Daves.

I tear my gaze from them as Percy stares at me with a worried glance from the doorframe of the bathroom. I gesture for him to come over and he slowly walks towards me. He stands in front of me, staring at me with his big green eyes. I stand up and pull Percy towards one of the bedrooms in warehouse.

I close the door behind us and lay on the bed. Percy lies down next to me. I wrap my arms around his neck and snuggle into his chest as he wraps his arms around my waist. We stay like that for a while.

After a while I sigh and say, "You have to promise not to tell Mindy and not to do anything about it."

"But-" Percy begins. I look up at him and he sighs, "Fine, I promise."

"Swear on the River Styx that you won't unless I give you permission to," I say.

"I swear on the River Styx."

"My stepmother, she hates that I'm a demigod. She thinks I'm a nuisance and unnatural. She thinks that I'm a monster. So she hits me, she kicks me, she does anything that will harm me because she hates me. My father doesn't know. I tried telling him but received a bruise that covered my entire rib cage. My brothers don't know. When I hid Bobby in my room the one night to protect him from her because she was in a bad mood, I ended up with a broken arm. If she knew I was telling you than I would probably be unconscious or worse," I say.

Percy looks at me in shock. He lifts up my shirt, and watches as the largest bruise on my rib cage slowly fades away. He touches it and I wince in pain. He gently presses his lips to the bruise, which makes the butterflies in my stomach go insane. Chills travel up my spine as he whispers, his lips still pressed to my rib cage, "Better?" I nod and make him come back up, so he's eye level with me. I kiss him on the lips, wrapping my arms around his neck again. His go to my waist and I tangle my fingers in his hair. He pulls back from me and stares at me with his big green eyes full of concern. "How long?"

"Ever since she found out I was a demigod," I whisper, running my fingers through his soft, shaggy, black hair.

"Annabeth," he says, pressing his lips against mine.

"Hmm?" I mutter, closing my eyes.

"You are officially the bravest person I have ever met. Like braver than Mindy," he says, pausing between each word to kiss me. "You are also the most intelligent," he says, still kissing me between words. But then he stops and stares at me, "And one of the stupidest. I'm not allowed to tell Mindy, but you will. Now. It's not a suggestion, it's an order. Do it. I will not just sit here and do nothing while you get hurt. Tell her. Now. Annabeth Chase."

"I can't. Percy you don't get it," I say, pulling away from his grasp; turning away from him. "If my dad knew it would crush him. He would hate me if I called the cops on her. He would never talk to me again."

Percy's eyes seem to burn into me as he looks into my own eyes with love shining in them. I can tell he's worried about me, but he doesn't know what I would have to go through if I told Mindy or the cops. Mindy would try to do what's best, but it would probably end up bad for me in the long run. And if I told the cops, it would be even worse for me. I don't know what to do. I know Percy doesn't want me to be hurt, but...there's nothing I can do.

"Annabeth, you have to do something! You can't keep living like this! Annabeth, don't you realize that if this keeps happening, one day you'll probably end up dead?!" Percy exclaims.

"I can't do anything about it! I know I'm getting hurt but it could be worse if I told someone about it," I respond.

Percy crosses his arms and scowls. "Annabeth, I'm not gonna keep seeing you get hurt!"

Before I can do or say anything stupid, I storm out of the room.

Mindy's POV

I throw another knife into the target, watching as it flies from my hand to go and hit the bullseye, landing in it with a slamming noise. Sighing, I go to pick up another knife and lazily throw it. Again it lands right in the middle of the board. It's funny how I'm doing so well at this even though it's out of boredom. I guess all those years of training were really worth it.

It's been about fifteen minutes since Dave left to go to the store and already I've run out of things to entertain myself with. I walk around the warehouse for ten minutes, looking for something to do, when all of a sudden I hear a knock at the door.

I sprint over to the front door, where the person outside keeps banging on it. I almost scream at the top of my lungs for them to calm the fuck down when I open it and find myself face to face with my legal guardian, Marcus.

"How did you find me?" I ask him, surprised that he actually found this place- after all, I had always thought that daddy kept these places well hidden.

"I'm a cop, Mindy," he responds emotionlessly, seeming to not care that he's found me.

"Well leave me the fuck alone. I want to date Dave and I refuse to live with you if you won't let me!" I yell at him.

"I am your legal guardian. You're coming home now," he says grabbing my arm.

I scream at the top of my lungs and Annabeth and Percy come bounding into the room like puppies. I smile at that thought.

"Oh, hello," Annabeth says smiling. "I'm Annabeth, and you must be Marcus. It's so nice to meet you, Mindy's told me so much about you!"

"Kiss ass," I mutter under my breath but apparently Annabeth heard because she scowls at me.

"Hello Annabeth," Marcus says with a smile.

"Annabeth said that Frederick really wants to meet me," I lie, making my voice sweet and innocent. "And I think that I should be able to meet my biological father."

Marcus lets out a loud sigh before nodding. "Annabeth, will you please keep an eye on Mindy and make sure that she uses protection when she's with that boy."

"Of course sir," Annabeth replies before shaking his hand. Marcus gives her a smile and then does something that takes me completely by surprise, he embraces me. I awkwardly hug him back and once we part, he's gone.

We close the door and Annabeth looks at me, her arms crossed. "You can't meet him," She demands.

"Why not?" I ask, crossing my arms as well.

A frighten look creeps up in her eyes but as quickly as it came, it's gone. She doesn't answer and that's when it hits me. "Does he beat you?" I ask pinning her against the wall, not allowing her to leave my sight until she answers me.

"No! Oh gods of Olympus no!" I look deep into her eyes, and find that she is not lying.

I look at Percy who is biting his nails and has an extremely guilty look on his face. I let Annabeth go, knowing that I will not get anything out of her. I slowly walk towards Percy and then rush towards him. Before he can react, he's pinned up against the wall a knife to his throat.

"Annabeth, I honestly do not want to do this but you're giving me no choice. You won't tell me who did this to you and the only way to get it out of you is to hurt someone you love," I say, pressing the knife deeper, but not too deep. Percy gulps, his eyes full of fear.

"MINDY! DON'T!" Annabeth sobs, tugging at my arms.

I smirk, knowing that I have her right where I want her. "Tell me who hurt you," I command.

"My stepmother," She says without a thought. I let Percy go and wink at him, giving him the signal that we should not tell Annabeth that that little scene was all a set up. While Annabeth was being a kiss ass, Percy told me that he knew but swore that he wouldn't tell me. So we developed a plan to get Annabeth to tell me and it was a success.

Tears fall down her face as she buries herself into Percy's shirt. "I love you," she whispers to him over and over.

One of his hands rests on her waist, the other gently stroking her blonde curls. "I love you too. I'm glad you told her," he tells her in reply.

While they have their touching moment, I fantasize a million different ways to kill mine/Annabeth's step monster.